Role of Joy in Farm Animal Welfare Legislation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12419198 |
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| Authors | Philipp von Gall (University of Hohenheim, corresponding author), Mickey Gjerris (0000-0001-5739-5988, University of Copenhagen, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 163-179 |
| Publication date | 2017-05-18 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Society and Animals (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1063-1119 • E-ISSN: 1568-5306 |
| Publisher | Brill (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1163/15685306-12341444 |
| OpenAlex | W2617091737 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 12 |
While animal welfare is commonly invoked in legal debates regarding non-human animals kept for food purposes, the concept of animal joy is rarely mentioned in such contexts. This paper analyzes the relationship between welfare and joy in the German animal protection law ( gapl ) and in the eu directive 98/58/ ec . Based on a review of scientific and philosophical approaches towards animal welfare, joy is argued to be a part of welfare. Nevertheless, joy is ignored in the German and eu legal provisions. While there may be economic disadvantages of legally protecting animal joy, it is argued that overlooking elements of joy cannot be justified from any ethical perspective that claims to take animal welfare into consideration. In order to clarify the aims of the legal provisions, decision-makers need to define the role joy ought to play in welfare legislation
Animal welfare · Business · Directive · Economics · Environmental ethics · German · Law and economics · Legislation · Order (exchange · Perspective (graphical · Political science · Public economics · Welfare · Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact · Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies · Human-Animal Interaction Studies · Law · Philosophy
| Highly cited | No |
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